Lt. (j.g.) Gilbert
Steingart
U.S.S. Ocelot, F.P.O.
San Francisco
Tuesday 2 Janaury 1945, 10:15 PM
Dearest Eleanor,
Hello darling,
here I am again. I forgot to mention in
yesterday's letter that when I went ashore I ran into a Dr. Arnerich, who graduated
a year before I did. He is on a tender
and has been out here for five months.
It's twelve years since I last saw him.
Yet we recognized each other immediately. Guess we haven't changed much at that. Oh yes, I shaved off my beard but I still have
a moustache. If and when I get some film
I'll take a picture and send it on.
Today was the
usual routine. Worked all morning in my
office. After lunch I worked on the
welfare and wardroom books. Then I read
a little. The book is "Get Thee
Behind Me" by Hartzell Spence, and very good indeed. I do believe you'd enjoy it. I censored some mail, showered, and changed
for dinner.
After dinner
we stood around on deck and enjoyed a most beautiful tropical sunset. Such colors and cloud formations I have never
seen. Then I went below deck and tried
my hand at some chess. I think I'll read
up on it and see what I can do.
The movie we
had last night was "When Strangers Marry." I think I misquoted the title but it was just
average. However we had a good"
March of Time" ("What to do with Post War Germany"), a community
sing and a colored cartoon. Tonight we
had musical short, "The Show Boat," a fight picture, and the feature
("The Pearl of Death") with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce--a
Sherlock Holmes story. Good
entertainment but nothing to rave about.
Still no
mail. I'm getting to the point where I
don't expect any and just about that time I'll hit the jackpot. I do hope so.
I'm anxious to hear from you and to know if you found out what you were
looking for.
Darling, who
is War Service Chairman for the B'nai B'rith?
Please let me know, as I have a request to make of the lodge through him
Do you
remember when I was chairman myself and the money we raised every meeting for
men overseas? Well after the war we'll
see what time will bring. Frankly, I
doubt if I'll be too hot on organization work though we may have to indulge in
it for a while.
Good night my
Sweet, I'm going to hit the rack now and dream of you.
Love,
Gil
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